反倒

• 병음: fǎn dào
• 한자 분석: 反 = 厂 + 又 — reversal; 倒 = 人 (person) + 到 (arrive/reach) — a person arriving upside down, hence reversed or contrary

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오히려; 도리어

Introduces a result that reverses expectations, often creating a sense of irony or surprise. More emphatic than 却 (but) or 倒 (instead) alone. Common in spoken and written Chinese to highlight paradoxical outcomes. Structurally similar to 反而 but slightly more colloquial.

예문

1. 他原本想通过严格管控来提高员工的工作效率，结果反倒引发了集体抵触情绪，产出率在短期内大幅下滑。
2. 这款产品因为价格高昂而被业界普遍不看好，推出后反倒凭借精准的定位迅速积累起一批忠实的高端用户群体。
3. 他以为直接指出错误能帮助对方进步，对方反倒因此产生了强烈的抵触心理，双方关系急剧恶化。

사용 가이드

맥락: rhetoric, narrative, analysis, everyday

어조: ironic

올바른 표현

• 限购政策反倒引发恐慌性购房潮，需求在生效前激增。(The purchase restriction instead triggered panic buying, with demand surging before it took effect.)
• 她坦率表达担忧，大家反倒解读为对项目前景缺乏信心。(She voiced her concerns frankly, but everyone instead read them as a lack of confidence in the project.)

피해야 할 표현

• 反倒因为 — starting a sentence with 反倒 before explaining the cause sounds grammatically backward; state the expected cause first, then use 反倒 to introduce the unexpected outcome: 原本以为…，结果反倒…

기원과 역사

反 (reverse/contrary) + 倒 (to turn upside down/instead) — to flip the expected result so that the opposite occurs

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal